Trade Republic

Trade Republic is a mobile investing app and bank. Christian Hecker, Thomas Pischke and Marco Cancellieri founded the company in 2015. It is based in Berlin, Germany.

Customers use the app to buy and sell shares, exchange traded funds, bonds and crypto assets, usually for a small flat fee per trade. Savings plans let people invest a fixed amount each month. The app also pays interest on cash balances and offers a debit card with a feature that invests small amounts from everyday spending.

Trade Republic holds a full German banking licence and is supervised by German regulators. It serves customers in many countries across the European Union. Its customers are mostly retail savers and first time investors, many of them young people buying their first shares or funds. Christian Hecker is one of the co-chief executives. The app is available in German, English and several other European languages. The company has raised several funding rounds and remains privately held.